The man who sees an opportunity and does nothing is asleep with his eyes open.

The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice.

Any school for free citizens must begin by teaching distrust, not trust. It must teach questioning, not acceptance of stock answers.

It's so much more interesting to study a ... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that's too civilized.

Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts.

Facts mean nothing when they are preempted by appearance. Do not underestimate the power of impression over reality.

It is astonishing how foolish humans can be in groups, especially when they follow their leader without question.

How will I be remembered by my children? This is the true measure of a man.

Life is filled with tests, one after another, and if you don't recognize them, you are certain to fail the most important ones.

The first step in innovation is to know that a thing can be created. After that, the rest is a matter of detail.

Let the future remain uncertain, for that is the canvas to receive our desires.

To understand Jesus Christ, you must know the Language of Heaven.

There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live alongside and appreciate other kids from many diverse and different cultures.

I still don't know what the film was about because all I remember is a whole lot of technical dialogue about a body in a suitcase.

The organizers and perpetuators of segregation are as much the enemy of America as any foreign invader.

Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.

It would be very hard for me to do things somebody else's way.

If we took over Britain, then we'd have the job of cleaning up the bourgeoisie and keeping people in a revolutionary state of mind.

Once doubt begins it spreads rapidly.

I think good art, if I could be pretentious enough to say, I think good art deals with the micro to explain the macro.

The media tries to do what they do. You can't stop. You gotta get money.